"Just sign here." The man says to Austin. He signs the paper. The man gives me the paper and tell me, "just sign here." I sign it and Austin I leave the building.

"I can't believe we just did that. Dez and Trish are going to have a freak attack when we tell them everything that happened."

"I know. But we have to or we are going to regret it. It's gone in for far too long."

"None of this was even supposed to happen."

Austin and I just finished signing the annulment papers so we are officially divorced. And in a matter of hours Dez and Trish are going to know that we faked our entire relationship and I don't know how They are going to react.

We get to our apartment and text Dez and Trish to come over.

"I can't believe that we are doing this already." I say.

"I know. I got us in the mess. I will explain it to them"

"Austin, no. I was the one who got us in this mess. You said it yourself. I will explain it all to them."

"We can do it together." I nod. "It was a good experience. Would you have moved in with me if we didn't have it fake our relationship?"

"Well, maybe. But just as friends."

"Yeah. I can't believe that we got drunk like that the other night. I am never doing that again. Worst idea ever."

"Worse than fake dating me?" I ask softly.

"No, it's not." I smile. I realize that we are getting closer and closer until we... Hear a knock in the door. "I'll get it." I stay seated on the couch awkwardly. Did I almost kiss Austin? Did he almost kiss me? And we weren't under the the influence? Okay, I'm going to forget about it because my life is about to go crashing to the ground.

"Hey, Dez. Trish. Come in." Austin says softly. Dez and Trish walk in and they put there shoes off to the side.

"What's going on? There's a lot of tension in the room." Trish asks.

"Yeah, I can literally feel the awkwardness." Dez gestures like he is grabbing the air.

"Take a seat." I say. They sit on separate living chairs in front of Austin and I as Austin sits next to me. "We have something to say to you."

"What?" Trish asks.

"We have been lying to you about everything."

"Huh?"

"We aren't dating."

"You guys broke up?" Trish stands up in a panic.

"No, we were never really dating." Austin says. Trish sits back down with a confused look on her face and so does Trish.

"We faked our relationship. We were tired of you guys thinking that we were dating so we faked it and so it worked."

"We made it look like we dated. It worked for a bit and then I accidentally said that we were moving in together and so we just did that. And then the other night Ally and I got really drunk and we woke up not realizing what happened. Turns out that the tracks we left showed us that we got married."

"You guys are married?" Dez shrieks.

"No, we got an annulment today."

"Oh."

"You're not mad?" Dez and Trish look at each other and smile. "What are we missing?"

"We had a plan and it worked." Trish says.

"What plan?"

"We knew that you guys had some attraction towards each other but we knew you guys wouldn't date. So we decide to annoy you guys enough to want to fake a relationship so that's what happened. We knew that you guys were going to fake date. But we didn't know that you guys were going to end up gong this far."

"Wait, your plan was to push us into a fake relationship?" I ask.

"Yep." Dez says.

"Why?"

"So you guys could see that you guys are attracted to each other."

"But we don't like each other."

"Oh. Well, it brought you two closer didn't it?"

"Well, yeah. Great."

-
Graduation Day

"...I've gone through so much in the past four years. Meeting four of my closest friends. We have gone through so much in the past years. Music, problems, and so many other things. If it wasn't for Austin, Dez, and Trish. My life with be something else. While we all head off into the future and disband we will always stay in touch. Even If it's by Facebook or texting. As we head off into the future and leave behind high school we look forward to many more opportunities. Thank you fellow students and teachers. We thank you!"

I hear clapping and cheering as I finish off my speech.

"One more thing before you all are finished." The principal says. I look over with a confused face. "Austin." I feel a softtap on my shoulder and turn around and see Austin standing in front of me.

"Ally, we've gone through so much and we have been best friends for so long now it feels like a million years. And in those million years I got to know a beautiful, talented, amazing girl who helped me through so much. Remember that time we had to fake date and because Dez and Trish wouldn't get off our backs about us liking each other?" I laugh nervously with a big smile in my face and let a tear fall from my face. Dez and Trish smile at each other. "That was the best experience of my life. And yet that is in high school we are graduated now and I want to continue making great memories with you. And so..." He bends down on one knee and I am taken aback. He he doing what I think he is doing? "Ally Dawson, will you marry me?" I let a tear fall from my eye. I look around the crowd and my parents with smiles on their faces and they are crying. I look back at Austin.

"Yes. A thousand times yes! Yes, I will marry you!" He stands up and we kiss. I hear clapping and whistling in the crowd. We hug and he spins me around and he kisses me more.

"And so this is the story on how him and I faked dated in high school. And from that day I told Dez and Trish the truth, I knew that I was in love with him." I kiss Austin and he kisses me back.

"Awe. Mom and dad. That was such a good story. Can you tell it again?" Alaine asks.

"No, you have to go to bed."

"Fine." Austin and I leave her room and go into the kitchen.

I see Amanda walk into the kitchen.

"And how come you're still up?" I asks my other daughter.

"I'm just getting a drink of water. Chill yourself."

"Excuse me?"

"I'm kidding. Sorry."

"Okay, now get your water and go to bed. You have school tomorrow."

"I'm not 8. That's Alaine. I'm 15."

"Yes, and you have school tomorrow."

"I'm going, I'm going. Love you."

"Love you too." Austin and I say at the same time.

"Alone time. Yay for me." Austin says softly as he kisses me. "You did raise some good children."

"You mean, we raised some good children." We smile and kiss some more. "I can't believe that grad was that long ago."

"Still the best romantic story in the book."